Cumbria Research and Enterprise Conference in Lancaster July 8th

Real World Research & Innovation

We are delighted to announce the Cumbria Research & Enterprise 2016 event, the annual celebration of the university's research and enterprise activity. The conference will take place on Friday 08 July 2016, at the University's Lancaster Campus on Bowerham Road.  The focus for this year’s event will be "Real World Research & Innovation" with sub-themes Engaging Researchers, Business engagement, Collaborative engagement and Creative agency

Presentations and posters will consider individuals, economies and communities from an impact and influence perspective. The programme follows below. More information on the presentation on corporate sustainability from IFLAS founder Professor Bendell is here. To register for this free event please book on-line here.

Conference Programme

09.00 Registration, refreshments and Market Place AXB Gallery

09.30 Welcome HPLT

09.45 Keynote & discussion: John Porter HPLT

10.30 Choice of parallel sessions

            Business Engagement 
            Chair: Alison Marshall AXB003 

Enterprise Zones and Sustainable Development

Jem Bendell, IFLAS

The impact of telemedicine services on the workforce: implications for teaching health professionals

Alison Marshall, CaCHeT

Real World Research: Developing school teaching as research-informed practice

Pete Boyd, Research Office & Graduate School, Institute of Education

Collaborative Engagement 

Chair: Diane Cox AXB006

Practitioner action research in leading children's centres - creative tools to promote learning and action

Kaz Stuart, Health, Psychology & Social Studies; Liz Applin, Hertsmere Leisure; Megan Wilcox, Herts for Learning

Bridging the academic-clinical research gap: A case study from a collaborative research project

Kevin Wilson-Smith, Health, Psychology & Social Studies; Karen King, Consultant Midwife NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Academic Research Staff Futures: Enhancing Professional Effectiveness & Progressing Your Academic Career

Poonam Malik, Research Office & Graduate School

Collaborative Engagement 
Chair: Paul Armstrong AXB030

Evaluating Widening Participation at the University of Cumbria

Tom Grimwood, HASCE

Local Food Supply Chain: what is it and how do we help?

Keith Jackson, CRED; Jacqui Jackson Lancaster University

Collaboration with clients in the research process: experience in regional development

Frank Peck, CRED, Gail Mulvey, CRED; Keith Jackson, CRED

11.45 Refreshments & Market Place AXB Gallery

12.00 Choice of parallel sessions

Engaging Researchers 
Chair: Pete Boyd AXB003

All downhill from here: does the recent fall in oil prices disprove the concept of Peak Oil?

Ian Chapman Business, Law, Policing and Social Sciences

Developing a mobile phone app to help foresters use the National Vegetation Classification

Andrew Weatherall, Science, Natural Resources and Outdoor Studies

The Reality of the ‘Real’ and the Worldliness of the ‘World’ in Real World Research: Six Months Health and Social Care Evaluations (HASCE)

Tom Grimwood, HASC

Collaborative Engagement 
Chair: Hilary Constable AXB006

Fetal telemedicine: the challenges of remote collaboration between NHS Trusts

Elaine Bidmead, CaCHeT

The Cumbria Rural Health Forum: developing and implementing a Cumbria-wide strategic approach

Alison Marshall, CaCHeT; Jae-Llane Ditchburn, CaCHeT; Tom Bell, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Lorraine Smyth, Action for Communities in Cumbria; Keith Jackson, CRED; Frank Peck, CRED; Alan Lillie, Cumbria Partnership Foundation NHS Trust; Peter Knock, Cumbria County Council; John Roebuck, Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, Andrew Sullivan, CaCHeT; Elaine Bidmead, CaCHeT

Turning Research into a Mobile Application

Karen Morris, Health, Psychology & Social Studies

Business Engagement 

Chair: Rachel Lowthian AXB030

“I didn’t know you did that” What do we offer to an organisation? Where’s the value to a business? How do we do it? Why should we be bothered?

John Berry, Enterprise and Business Development, Sarah Stables, Enterprise and Business Development

Using Deliberative Methodology in Public Sector Research

Rob Ewin, Health, Psychology and Social Studies

The Multifaceted Nature of Enterprise & Business Development

Dianne Mardell, Enterprise and Business Development, John Berry, Enterprise and Business Development; Vicki Goodwin Enterprise and Business Development, Steve Wood, Enterprise and Business Development

13.15 Lunch & Market Place AXB Gallery

14.15 Choice of parallel sessions

          Engaging Researchers
          Chair: Diane Mardell AXB003

Developing Research Leaders for Tomorrow- Leadership in Action for Doctoral Researchers and Academic Research Staff

Poonam Malik, Research Office & Graduate School

Researching Female Nurses Experiences and Perceptions of Personal and Professional Development (PPD) in the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa

Lindy Hatfield, Nursing Health & Professional Practice

Collaborative Engagement Chair: Sarah Stables AXB006

Review of Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes within the UK

Elizabeth Bates, Health, Psychology & Social Studies

What is an ‘impact’? Some reflections on the evaluation of clinical skills training programmes

Naomi Pierce, HASCE

Occupational engagement within a woodland project: belonging and wellbeing

Fiona Cole, Health, Psychology & Social Studies; Mark Christie, Medical & Sports Sciences

15.30 Plenary

15.45 Close

To register for this event please book on-line here.